Artificial intelligence is blooming and booming in Silicon Valley with both personal and global implications.  Sangha member and medical device designer Travis Marsot will explore the modern parable of Pinocchio as it relates to rational Western culture and consciousness. Please join us for this talk on Saturday, March 9th at 10: 30 a.m.

Please join us on Sunday, March 17, for our Kannon Do Annual Meeting. During this meeting we review our activities of the past year, plan for the coming year, elect new board members, select new officers, and identify stewards for the coming year.

Please join us for a discussion of Chapter 3 of Suzuki Roshi's book "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai" after zazen on Wednesday, March 20th at 8 p.m.  Instead of a Lecture we will discuss one chapter of the book each 3rd Wednesday of the month.  Vanessa Able will moderate […]

Please join us at 10:30 AM for an Introduction to Zen on Saturday, March 23rd.  This orientation is intended primarily for individuals  new to Zen practice,  as well as experienced practitioners who have  questions about their contemplative practice.  This informal get together takes place on the first Saturday of the month,  lasting  about 90 minutes.

Please join us on Saturday,  April 6th at 10:30 a.m. for  Garden Day.  It will include an hour or so of weeding, pruning, and general clean-up.  Feel free to bring children and friends too.

If you plan on attending Sesshin on February 9th please join Ken Simpson for Oryoki training on Friday, April 12th at 6 p.m.  Oryoki is the traditional way that Japanese monks eat their food in monasteries.

Kannon Do will host a one-day meditation retreat, or Sesshin on Saturday, April 13th. This day of mindfulness offers a rare opportunity to turn our awareness to the simple activities that sustain our lives, and that we normally take for granted: breathing, walking, eating, being attentive to the workings of our mind.

Please join us for a discussion of Chapter 4 of Suzuki Roshi's book "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai" after zazen on Wednesday, April 17th, at 8 p.m.  Instead of a Lecture we will discuss one chapter of the book each 3rd Wednesday of the month.  Dave Redell  will moderate […]

Please join us for the Sangha meeting held in the Sangha house at 10: 30 a.m. on April 20th.  Everyone is welcome.

Please join us at 10:30 AM for an Introduction to Zen on Saturday,  April 27th.  This orientation is intended primarily for individuals  new to Zen practice,  as well as experienced practitioners who have  questions about their contemplative practice.  This informal get together takes place on the first Saturday of the month,  lasting  about 90 minutes.